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Moodle 2.5 brings a lot of exciting new features for teachers, students and administrators. This page highlights a few of the most interesting!
Moodle 3.1 is our latest Long Term Support release and  comes packed with user-requested features such as full support for Competency Based Education, smoother assignment grading, easy retrieval of deleted files (thanks to the Moodle Users Association), improved tagging and course editing, greater usability for students and enhancements to several activities such as forum, workshop and lesson.
Read on for Moodle 3.1 highlights or watch the Moodle 3.1 highlights screencasts on our [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxcO_MFWQBDfWYsGAI-SXY7JW6T_3t0yM Youtube page].


Full details of the release, with technical information, can be found in the [https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.5_release_notes  Moodle 2.5 Release notes].
Full details of the release with technical information can be found in the [[:dev:Moodle 3.1 release notes|Moodle 3.1 release notes]].
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===For teachers===


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            <h4>Competencies</h4>
            <p> [[Competencies|Competency based education]] is now fully supported in Moodle 3.1</p>
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            <h4>Assignment grading</h4>
            <p> Grading [[Assignment]] submissions has got smoother with all elements on one screen and the ability to annotate over student submissions of different file types..</p>
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            <h4>Download selected assignments</h4>
            <p>Select which assignments you want to download for offline viewing from a new option in the menu</p>
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            <h4>Easily restore deleted content</h4>
            <p>The new [[Recycle bin]], funded by the [https://moodleassociation.org/ Moodle Users Association], means you no longer need worry about losing accidentally deleted course items or courses, as it's now possible easily to restore them.</p>
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==For teachers and students:==
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<h4>Pinned forum discussions</h4>
            <p>Important forum posts can now be pinned to the top of your list, making them more visible to your students. [[Using Forum|Read more...]]</p>
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            <h4>Workshop enhancements</h4>
            <p> When setting up a workshop, you can now specify the types of file you want students to submit or not. Students may also now deleted their own submissions. See [[Workshop settings]]</p>
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            <h4>Share activities on your site</h4>
            <p>The [[Publish as LTI tool]] allows remote users to access selected courses and activities on your site. Grades are sent back to the remote system.</p>
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            <h4>Tag course activities</h4>
            <p>Course activities and resources may now be [[Tags|tagged]], making it simpler to find related content.</p>
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            <h4> Easier section editing</h4>
            <p>Change section titles without leaving the page, speeding up your course creation. [[Course homepage|Read more...]]</p>
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            <h4>Search metalinked courses</h4>
            <p>Search for meta linked courses and add them together in one step. See [[Course meta link]] </p>
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===Forms are much shorter===
===For administrators===
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            <h4>Competency frameworks</h4>
            <p>Create [[Competency frameworks|competency frameworks]] for use throughout the site. (A plugin will also allow you to import from external sources.)</p>
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            <h4>Learning plan templates </h4>
            <p>Create [[Learning plans|learning plan templates]] and apply them to individuals or whole cohorts.</p>
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            <h4>Global search</h4>
            <p>Let your your staff and students search the site by enabling [[Global search]] and installing Solr.</p>
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            <h4>Assignment file conversion</h4>
            <p>Teachers can annotate directly on uploaded submissions of different file types, not just PDF if unoconv 07 is installed. [[Assignment settings|Find out more]] </p>
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            <h4>Search the file system repository</h4>
            <p>If you’ve enabled a [[File system repository]] on your server for FTP uploading, your teachers can now search the folders in that repository.</p>
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            <h4>Lesson default settings </h4>
            <p>Make setting up a [[Lesson settings |Lesson]] simpler for teachers by reviewing the default and advanced settings.</p>
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            <h4>Tagging enhancements </h4>
            <p>Tags may now be combined, grouped into collections and certain tag areas disabled. [[Manage tags|Read more...]]</p>
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Moodle has a lot of settings and features, which means some of our forms have been getting rather long.  We know this is daunting for new users! 
===For all users===


We've made changes so that non-essential settings on forms are collapsed by default, yet you can quickly access them when you need them.
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            <h4>Bulk download files in  a zipped folder</h4>
            <p>When a [[Folder resource]] contains many files, students can download them all in a zipped file.</p>
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            <h4>Search everywhere!</h4>
            <p>Search all courses you have access to and quickly find that important resource using the [[Global search]].</p>
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            <h4>Message others more efficiently</h4>
            <p>The Message button is now next to the user's picture, making it much easier to send important messages. [[Messaging settings|Find out more...]]</p>
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            <h4>Easily link to forum posts</h4>
            <p>The new permalink feature makes it easy to share useful forum posts. See [[Using Forum]].</p>
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{|
[[Category:New features]]
| [[File:shorterforms.png|thumb|Note the "expand all" option and condensed links]]
| [[File:showmoreshowless.png|thumb|"Show more" (and "show less" options]]
|}


The rich text editor is collapsed and can be expanded:
[[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]
 
[[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 3.1]]
{|
[[fr:Nouveautés de Moodle 3.1]]
|[[File:collapsedassignment.png|thumb|Formatting options collapsed and box is narrow]]
|[[File:expandedassignment.png|thumb|Formatting options shown and box expanded]]
|}
 
In a similar space-saver, you can choose whether or not to enable the rich text editor when creating quiz questions:
 
{|
| [[File:quizform1.png|thumb|Without the editing tools]]
| [[File:quizform2.png|thumb|With the editing tools]]
|}
 
===Reports are in the Administration block===
Reports have moved and can now be seen in the newly named ''Administration'' block, (formerly ''Settings''.)
 
{|
|[[File:reportsinadmin.png|thumb|Administration block with Reports]]
|}
 
===Badges===
[[Badges]] are a nice way to acknowledge good work, and it's now possible for teachers to award course badges based on a variety of chosen criteria.  These badges are fully compatible with [http://openbadges.org/ Mozilla Open Badges].
 
{|
| [[File:teacherbadgeview.png|thumb|Teacher sets up a badge]]
| [[File:studentbadgeview.png|thumb|Student view of allocated badges]]
| [[File:backpack.png|thumb|Badges from backpack.openbadges.org on student profile]]
|}
 
This blog post has some interesting reflection on when badges might be most appropriate:  [http://alex.halavais.net/ozbadge The Badges of Oz]
 
===Folders can be displayed inline on a course page===
 
You can now choose whether to have a folder show its contents in a separate screen, as previously, or to have it display them inline with any subfolders expanded:
 
{|
| [[File:folder1.png|thumb|Typical folder display before 2.5]]
| [[File:folder2.png|thumb|Folder displayed inline]]
| [[File:folder3.png|thumb|Folder displayed inline with subfolders expanded]]
|}
 
===Assignment enhancements===
Along with neater options for choosing submission and feedback types, resubmitting options are much improved:
 
{|
| [[File:assignmentandfeedbackcondensed.png|thumb|Neater assignment set up screen]]
| [[File:attemptsreopened.png|thumb|New settings for resubmissions]]
|}
 
===Drag and drop media onto the course page===
You can now drag an image or some text onto your course page and choose whether to display it embedded in a label or as a clickable resource.
 
{|
| [[File:dragdrop1.png|thumb|Drag an image onto your course page]]
|[[File:dragdrop2.png|thumb|Choose "add image.."]]
|[[File:dragdrop3.png|thumb|And here it is!]]
|}
 
===Word count in forum posts===
A new setting in forums will display the number of words in a post:
 
{|
| [[File:bonding.png|thumb|Note word count bottom left]]
|
|}
 
===Templates for Essay question types===
When using the Essay question type in a quiz, you can now set a template which appears in the students' text editor for scaffolding their response:
 
{|
| [[File:templatebox.png|thumb|Response template in question set up screen]]
| [[File:quiztemplate.png|thumb|What the student sees]]
|
|}
 
===Glossary block enhancements===
 
You can now use a global glossary in the random glossary block, and you can display the entries in alphabetical order:
{|
| [[File:glossaryalphabetical.png|thumb|Entries will display in alphabetical order]]
|}
 
===Search the list of enrolled users===
A new search box makes finding users in very large courses much easier:
 
{|
| [[File:Searchenrolledusers.png|thumb|A search facility allows teachers to search for specific users.]]
|}
 
==For administrators:==
 
===New themes suited to all screen sizes===
 
Many of your favourite  sites around the web these days use Bootstrap as a base framework and now Moodle does too!  We have a new 'base' theme called "'''Bootstrapbase'''" that implements the basics, and a new usable theme called ''''''Clean'''''' which extends it with some simple configuration options and also functions as a good template example for developing your own Bootstrap-based themes.  It also (along with ''Afterburner'') allows you to upload a logo directly from the file picker)
 
Bootstrapbase allows us to responsively reformat the layout according to the screensize of the device used - on phone or tablet screens blocks move to the bottom, freeing up space for the main content at the top.  In the future we hope everyone will want to migrate their Moodle themes to be Bootstrap-based.
 
 
{|
| [[File:Bootrap2.png|thumb|Clean theme on standard screen]]
| [[File:Bootstrap1.png|thumb|Clean theme on smaller screen; note position of Navigation block]]
| [[File:filepickerlogo.png|thumb|Add your logo from the file picker in Clean theme]]
|}
 
===Install add-ons from inside Moodle===
It's now possible to [[Installing add-ons|install add-ons]] from within Moodle, rather than accessing folders on the server; useful for those admins who do not have FTP access. Add-ons can be uploaded and installed from a zip file or located and installed from the [https://moodle.org/plugins Moodle plugins directory]:
 
{|
| [[File:Selection_011.png|thumb|Add-on install tool]]
| [[File:AddonValidation.png|thumb|Add-on passes validation; ready to go]]
|}
 
==See also==
 
* [[:Category:New features|Category:New features]] - list of pages documenting new features in Moodle 2.5

Latest revision as of 12:47, 5 December 2016

Moodle 3.1 is our latest Long Term Support release and comes packed with user-requested features such as full support for Competency Based Education, smoother assignment grading, easy retrieval of deleted files (thanks to the Moodle Users Association), improved tagging and course editing, greater usability for students and enhancements to several activities such as forum, workshop and lesson.

Read on for Moodle 3.1 highlights or watch the Moodle 3.1 highlights screencasts on our Youtube page.

Full details of the release with technical information can be found in the Moodle 3.1 release notes.

For teachers

  • NFTeacherCompetencyView.png

    Competencies

    Competency based education is now fully supported in Moodle 3.1

  • NFAssignmentGrading2.png

    Assignment grading

    Grading Assignment submissions has got smoother with all elements on one screen and the ability to annotate over student submissions of different file types..

  • NFDownloadSelectedAssignments.png

    Download selected assignments

    Select which assignments you want to download for offline viewing from a new option in the menu

  • NFRecycleBin.png

    Easily restore deleted content

    The new Recycle bin, funded by the Moodle Users Association, means you no longer need worry about losing accidentally deleted course items or courses, as it's now possible easily to restore them.

  • NFPinnedposts.png

    Pinned forum discussions

    Important forum posts can now be pinned to the top of your list, making them more visible to your students. Read more...

  • NFWorkshopfiletypes.png

    Workshop enhancements

    When setting up a workshop, you can now specify the types of file you want students to submit or not. Students may also now deleted their own submissions. See Workshop settings

  • NFPublishasLTItool.png

    Share activities on your site

    The Publish as LTI tool allows remote users to access selected courses and activities on your site. Grades are sent back to the remote system.

  • NFDTags.png

    Tag course activities

    Course activities and resources may now be tagged, making it simpler to find related content.

  • NFedittopicname.png

    Easier section editing

    Change section titles without leaving the page, speeding up your course creation. Read more...

  • NFCoursemetalink.png

    Search metalinked courses

    Search for meta linked courses and add them together in one step. See Course meta link

For administrators

  • NFCompetencyFramework.png

    Competency frameworks

    Create competency frameworks for use throughout the site. (A plugin will also allow you to import from external sources.)

  • NFLPTemplates.png

    Learning plan templates

    Create learning plan templates and apply them to individuals or whole cohorts.

  • NFManageGlobalSearch2.png

    Global search

    Let your your staff and students search the site by enabling Global search and installing Solr.

  • NFAdminAssignmentUnoconv.png

    Assignment file conversion

    Teachers can annotate directly on uploaded submissions of different file types, not just PDF if unoconv 07 is installed. Find out more

  • NFFilesystemsearch.png

    Search the file system repository

    If you’ve enabled a File system repository on your server for FTP uploading, your teachers can now search the folders in that repository.

  • NFLessondefaults.png

    Lesson default settings

    Make setting up a Lesson simpler for teachers by reviewing the default and advanced settings.

31nftagsadmin.png

Tagging enhancements

Tags may now be combined, grouped into collections and certain tag areas disabled. Read more...

For all users

  • NFDownloadFolder.png

    Bulk download files in a zipped folder

    When a Folder resource contains many files, students can download them all in a zipped file.

  • NFGlobalSearch2.png

    Search everywhere!

    Search all courses you have access to and quickly find that important resource using the Global search.

  • NFMessagebuttonExample.png

    Message others more efficiently

    The Message button is now next to the user's picture, making it much easier to send important messages. Find out more...

  • NFPermalink.png

    Easily link to forum posts

    The new permalink feature makes it easy to share useful forum posts. See Using Forum.

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